Chapter 104: Night Thieves Steal Corpses

  The room fell silent for a moment.

  At some point, the sound of autumn cicadas faintly came from outside the Medicine King's hut, but no matter what, everyone didn't have the mood to listen to the autumn cicada's mournful cry.

  Murong Changqing and Ximen Long's faces looked unpleasant, their eyes also seemed to be avoiding Huā Láng.

  At this time, Hua Lang suddenly looked at Murong Changqing and asked: "Murong Shixiong, you were the first to see your master's corpse. At that time, did you find the 'Baicao Jing'?"

  Murong Changqing's forehead was sweating, and he didn't even bother to wipe it away. "No," he said, "I didn't touch anything after I came in. When I saw Master's body, I got scared and rushed out to call for help."

  This is nonsense, but Hua Lang didn't expose their meaning. He just looked at Murong Changqing and Ximen Long and asked: "Haven't you two seen the 'Baicao Jing'?"

  They both nodded repeatedly, indicating they really hadn't seen it before.

  At this time, Huā Láng hummed and said: "If the 'Baicao Jing' was not taken away by you, then only the murderer would take it. Since the murderer is an outsider, we won't be able to find any clues in Yaowang Caolu. I think it's better for us to leave Yaowang Caolu and split up to look for suspicious people."

  "But how are we going to find him?" Everyone was somewhat perplexed, because none of them had seen the murderer.

  Hualang thought for a moment and said: "The fragrance! The strong fragrance on the murderer's body!"

  It's like this now anyway.

  While everyone was taking action, Hua Lang called Yin Wu and Wen Meng over and said: "You two follow Murong Changqing and Ximen Long, monitor their every move."

  Suddenly they heard that Huā Láng wanted them to monitor Mù Róng Cháng Qīng and Xī Mén Lóng, both of whom were somewhat surprised. Wēn Mèng hastily asked: "What? You suspect one of the two is the murderer?"

  Hualang smiled faintly: "They are not the murderers, just follow them and that's all you need to do, don't worry about anything else."

  Since Flower Boy said so, what else can they say? They just followed suit.

  While everyone went out to look for clues about the murderer, Hua Lang and Gong Sun Ce sneaked back again.

  It should be said that Gong Sun Ce was pulled back by Hua Lang. After they returned to the Medicine King's hut, Gong Sun Ce asked in confusion: "Hua brother, you let us all go out to find clues about the murderer, why did you pull me back now?"

  Hualang invited Gong Sunzhi to sit down and said, "With so few people, looking for clues about the murderer is like searching for a needle in the ocean. I just wanted to distract them."

  Gongsun Ce was startled and immediately asked: "What's going on?"

  Hualang shrugged and asked: "Does Mr. Gongsun not want to know where the 'Baicao Jing' is?"

  Gongsun Ce looked at Hualang, somewhat unable to understand his words, and finally had no choice but to ask: "Didn't you say that the 'Baicao Jing' was taken away by the murderer? Do you suspect that the 'Baicao Jing' is still in the Medicine King's hut?"

  The murderer is a master of poison, and it seems that he didn't think much of your master's "Hundred Herb Classic". If so, why would he bother to take something he looked down on? Therefore, I suspect the "Hundred Herb Classic" is still in Medicine King's hut.

  As soon as Hualang finished speaking, Gong Sun Ce stood up on his horse and said: "Since the 'Baicao Jing' is still in the Medicine King's hut, let's hurry up and search for it. After finding it, we might know the clue to the murderer."

  Hualang did not expect Gong Sun Ce to be so eager to find the "Bai Cao Jing", but since he was, they had no choice but to search room by room.

  They searched for more than half a day, even searching Mu Rong Chang Qing and Xi Men Long's rooms, but they didn't gain anything.

  At this time, they began to doubt their previous judgment.

  "Maybe 'Baicao Jing' was indeed taken away by the murderer, let's not waste our time!" Gong Sun Ce said weakly as he lay on the chair.

  Hualang, however, was leaning against the chair, looking at Gong Sunzhan and asked: "The murderer killed with poison, I suppose it's not for a book like 'Baicao Jing' that can save people. Since it's not for 'Baicao Jing', what's the purpose of taking away 'Baicao Jing'?"

  Gongsun Ce was unable to answer this question and ultimately had no choice but to give up.

  In the late afternoon, they rushed back from outside. At this time, there was no sunset glow on the horizon, and the weather turned gloomy, as if it might rain at any moment.

  After they returned, Hua Lang discussed with them to bury the body of Yao Wang as soon as possible. This was also what Murong Changqing and others wanted, so once proposed, everyone agreed.

  Afterwards, Murong Changqing and Ximen Long returned to their respective rooms to rest. Hualang called Wen Meng and Yin Wucuo to a secluded place and asked: "Is there anything unusual about these two?"

  Yin Wuchuang and Wen Meng shook their heads, then Wen Meng smiled and said: "There's nothing unusual about them, they're all asking about a woman with a strong fragrance on her body. And they also met a very interesting person. That Murong Changqing went to ask if anyone had seen the fragrant woman, but that person glared at him and said, 'That woman doesn't have any fragrance on her body, are you trying to flirt?' As a result, Murong Changqing's face turned red, like a monkey's butt."

  When Wen Meng told this little episode, she became more and more excited. As a result, Hua Lang couldn't help but laugh after listening to it.

  But after laughing, everyone stopped at the right time.

  Since nothing was found, continue surveillance.

  It was deep in the night, around 10 o'clock. A light rain fell from the sky and pattered against the window frames, like a pleasant song.

  Hualang fell asleep slowly as he listened to the sound of the rain, and he was able to fall asleep because Yin Wuchuang and Wen Meng were keeping watch over Murong Changqing and Ximen Long.

  Tonight, Murong Changqing and Ximen Long alternated to keep vigil for their master.

  At this time, Mu Rong Chang Chun, who was keeping vigil, felt that the mourning hall seemed a bit deserted. A gust of wind blew in, making him feel as if someone was behind him, and he shivered with fear. He stood up and looked outside, and after a long while, his face finally lit up with joy, saying: "How come you're only here now? I'm almost dead from sleepiness!"

  Ximen Long yawned and said, "Big Brother Master can go to sleep, I'll keep watch here."

  Murong Changqing had just left for a short while, when a strong gust of wind suddenly blew the curtains in the mourning hall into disarray. Xi Men Long got up to tidy them and muttered under his breath: "This devilish weather is really scary!"

  When it came to this ghost word, Ximen Long suddenly felt a chill, and when he was about to turn around, he suddenly felt his back numb, and then he didn't know anything.

  At this time, the mourning hall looked very eerie. Under the canopy, a person was lying down, and at the coffin of Ye Feng Luo, the Medicine King, there was also a person. The man in red clothes was slowly pushing the coffin lid.